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Holy Cross is one of a number of colleges nationwide named to the 2006 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. More than 500 applications from the nation’s colleges and universities were received for the Honor Roll in its inaugural year. Selected institutions have initiated service programs that are “meaningful, relevant, and exemplary.”
In recent years, Holy Cross has established new institutional initiatives in Worcester, the Gulf Coast region in support of hurricane relief efforts, and other countries of the world. More than 2,300 Holy Cross students (83 percent of the student body) participated in a wide array of community service activities in the most recent academic year.
“Community service at Holy Cross continues to grow in depth and breadth across the College, in its programs and its curriculum,” says William Meinhoffer, director of the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning, and author of the College’s application for the award.
“Our innovative, academic-based community learning and research projects, for example, match faculty and students together with local agencies to solve problems and seek answers,” he explains. “This brings service closer to the heart of our educational mission; it integrates academic excellence with our emphasis on ‘men and women for others.’”
In addition to the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning, Meinhoffer cites several exemplary service programs at Holy Cross: Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD); Nativity School of Worcester; South Worcester Development Partnership; Federal Work Study and College-funded Community Service Internships.
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